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New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills

Final · Kickoff

2016 Regular season · Week 8 · New Era Field

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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Patriots beat Bills 41–25 in 2016 Week 8

The New England Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills 41–25 on the road at New Era Field in Week 8 of the 2016 regular season on October 30, 2016.

The 66 combined points were the most in any game of Week 8.

The result moved the Patriots to 7–1 and dropped the Bills to 4–4. It was the Patriots’ fourth straight win. The Patriots finished 2016 at 14–2 and won Super Bowl LI. The Bills finished 2016 at 7–9 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Buffalo Bills won 16–0 on October 2, 2016. When they met again, the New England Patriots won 23–3 on December 3, 2017. The teams split their two 2016 meetings.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Patriots lead the series 29–7 after meeting No. 36 since 1999 Full series history

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